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Aug 3rd, 2021, 18:14 | #21 | |
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I’m all for curbing pollution… it should have been done a long time ago. Its the charges I don’t agree with. Owning a car is expensive enough, now its going to be even dearer. I suppose its their way of getting people onto buses etc.
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Aug 3rd, 2021, 18:20 | #22 | |
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Considering the safety, economic, public health and pollution costs for which cars are responsible they really are far too cheap. Anything else causing such pollution and death would have been legislated out of existence decades ago - car drivers have really had itnquite good, and in return they have abused the privilege to a criminally breathtaking degree. The average journey by car in Greater Manchester is now..wait for it...under 1 kilometer in length, a 10 minute walk. That is how utterly preposterous this unfettered, lazy and frivolous private car usage has become. People can moan all they want, but there are alternatives for people who aren't lazy and who would rather not make excuses. The great British driving public have done it to themselves. A little bit of thought and circumspection by drivers over recent decades would have avoided this, but your typical car driver was never going to do so because that smacks of effort. It's incredible how much effort people suddenly put into complaining though... We are now all beginning to reap that which the majority of us ourselves have sown.
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Aug 3rd, 2021, 18:37 | #23 | |
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Now they’ve introduced a congestion charge to limit car usage, but they lined their pockets first with the congestion charge. So congestion charges and ULEZ charges (if applicable), plus road tax. Tell me this new scheme is purely about emissions & you’re living in cuckoo land.
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Aug 3rd, 2021, 18:43 | #24 |
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Another option.....
At the risk of making myself unpopular....If you can't get public transport in London then you can't anywhere. The country is Londoncentric; the rest of us would struggle very badly. I live on a main feeder road into Lincoln and the bus service is pretty poor.
If I could take the bus/ train/ tram/ whatever I would..... Cheers, Nobby |
Aug 3rd, 2021, 18:45 | #25 | |
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Keep London happy & nothing else matters.
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Aug 3rd, 2021, 18:56 | #26 |
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I live in the village in the back end of nowhere, woth no bus service, no railway, not much of anything, and despite being in my early 60's still cycle the 18 mile round trip into town and back.
It's sad to see people still trotting out excuses instead of taking action, exactly the behaviour that brought the current situation about.
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Aug 3rd, 2021, 19:09 | #27 | |
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Its commendable that you cycle, fair play to you. That’s a long distance & I’m sure it keeps you or anyone fit for that matter. I notice that you have two XC90 jeeps, both of which are diesel & you’re talking about people not taking action? Yes, you cycle (fair play), but still own two big diesel fuel guzzlers. So what’s your thoughts on having to pay emission charges for these cars, assuming they aren’t ULEZ compliant? Or do you not go to a city/outskirts of at all? Once again, I reiterate that I’m not intending to sound rude here.
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Aug 3rd, 2021, 22:15 | #28 |
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You may have heard Kev that all new fossil fuel cars will be banned in 2030, hybrids by 2035.
Congestion and pollution owing to tyre particles will still of course be issues. |
Aug 3rd, 2021, 22:22 | #29 |
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I knew about petrol & diesel ones, but wasn’t sure when hybrid production was stopping. Thanks for clarifying that.
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Aug 3rd, 2021, 22:44 | #30 |
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The congestion charge is a form of road pricing, which is one of way of controlling demand for a scarce resource, but in the city also has other benefits such as cutting pollution and making the environment safer and more pleasant.
Pricing is widely used as a demand-side control measure in for example public health in taxes on tobacco. |
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